all the livelong day

== English == === Alternative forms === live-long === Etymology === From Middle English live long, leve-long, lefe long (as in Alle the lefe longe daye), equivalent to lief +‎ long. Compare Dutch heel den lieven langen dag (“all the livelong day”), German der liebe lange Tag (“the livelong day”) and German die liebe lange Nacht (“the livelong night”). === Adjective === livelong Total, complete, whole. (obsolete) Lasting; durable. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === livelong (plural livelongs) Orpine (Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium). ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === long live, loveling